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  • Defence Ministry to hold two-day ‘Chintan Shivir’ to brainstorm on issues faced by departments

    Defence Ministry to hold two-day ‘Chintan Shivir’ to brainstorm on issues faced by departments

    NEW DELHI: Various departments under the Ministry of Defence are getting together in Delhi for a two-day “Chintan Shivir” to discuss the challenges faced by them.

    The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Sunday said that the brainstorming session will be held on June 19 and 20 “to discuss various issues and challenges faced by its departments, with the aim to come out with new ideas for better governance and functioning.”

    The MoD has five departments under it Department of Defence (DoD), Department of Defence Production (DDP), Department of Military Affairs (DMA) and Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare (DESW) have identified a number of themes, on which eminent subject matter experts will share their views with the officers of the Ministry.

    The Department of Defence will deliberate on a comprehensive approach to national security, cyber security challenges and national Information Security Policy and Guidelines. In addition the DoD will conduct discussion on Performance Audit, Sainik School education system and Capacity Building in Defence Acquisitions.

    The Department of Defence Production will be bringing issues related to enhancing production and defence exports and indigenization issues. Its issues will include industrial ecosystem and skilled workforce, enhancing Level Playing Field and Quality Reforms

    The youngest Department of Military Affairs under the MoD has chosen critical issues of Integrating and optimising Human Resource aspects, Training and Operational issues towards achieving greater synergy and modernisation and capability augmentation of Armed Forces in the realms of strategic domain.

    It will also include discussions on measures to identify and abolish colonial practices and obsolete laws and further incorporate the country’s own ethos and practices in the functioning of the Armed Forces.

    The DMA was created in December 2019 with Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) as Secretary to facilitate optimal utilization of resources and promote jointness among the three Services.

    The Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, dealing with the veterans of the armed forces will talk about digital measures and leveraging them for better pension services and other welfare measures for veterans. Resettlement of veterans by improving employability and promotion of entrepreneurship for the start of micro enterprises by veterans will be another issue. It will also talk about improving the health services of the veterans.

    The MoD said, “The Chintan Shivir will conclude with an open-house session for inviting ideas and suggestions for enhancing organisational efficiency in various departments. The event is being organised in line with the Government’s directions to have a real time audit of the objectives achieved till date and carve a way forward towards achieving the desired goals in realistic timelines.”

  • District collectors to decide on reopening schools on June 21: Education Minister

    District collectors to decide on reopening schools on June 21: Education Minister

    Bhubaneswar: District collectors across the Odisha will take the final decision on reopening of schools on June 21, informed School and Mass Education Minister Sudam Marndi.

    The collectors will review the heat wave condition of their respective districts and take the final call on reopening of schools on June 21, said that School and Mass Education Minister.

    It is to be noted here that the State government has extended the summer holidays of all government and private schools till June 20 and the institutions are schedule to reopen on June 21. Earlier, the schools were to reopen on June 19.

    It is to be noted here that Odisha continue to reel under the scorching heat wave conditions as the day temperature touched the 46 degree Celsius-mark today. Sambalpur recorded the highest temperature of the day.

    As per the weather department, such weather condition likely to prevail across the State for the next three days.

  • Another Indian stabbed to death in UK in three days

    Another Indian stabbed to death in UK in three days

    London: A 38-year-old Indian-origin man, hailing from Kerala, was stabbed to death in South London. The incident took place just three days after shocking incidents of knife attacks in the UK, which saw the deaths of a British Indian teen and a student from Hyderabad.

    Aravind Sasikumar died after being found with stab injuries on his chest outside a residential property in Southampton Way on Friday, the Metropolitan Police said.

    Detectives investigating Sasikumar’s fatal stabbing have charged his roommate Salman Salim with murder.

    According to media reports, Salim (25) stabbed Sasikumar to death following a quarrel.

    The accused appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on the same day and was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on June 20, police said.

    Police said that they were called at 01:27 hrs on June 16 after a man was found with stab injuries outside a residential address in Southampton Way.

    Officers attended along with the London Ambulance Service. Despite the efforts of emergency services, Sasikumar died at the scene.

    A post-mortem examination carried out on the same day of the murder confirmed that Sasikumar died as a result of stab wounds to the chest.

    Police said Sasikumar’s family has been informed and they are being supported by detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command.

    The gruesome murder adds to the string of knife attacks across the UK, which saw the deaths of British Indian teen Grace O’Malley Kumar and 27-year-old Kontham Tejaswini Reddy from Hyderabad in separate incidents on June 13.

    On Tuesday, O’Malley Kumar from London and fellow student Barnaby Webber, both 19, were on their way back home when they were stabbed to death at 4 am on Ilkeston Road.

    Valdo Calocane, a dual Guinea-Bissau/Portuguese national, has been charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder.

    On the same day in Wembley, Tejaswini, who had gone to London for higher studies, was fatally stabbed in Neeld Crescent.

    Her 28-year-old flatmate, Akhila was also attacked and admitted to hospital with knife injuries. She is out of danger now.

    Keven Antonio Lourenco De Moraisa, a 23-year-old was taken into custody as a murder suspect and is due to appear at Uxbridge Magistrates Court in London.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • Ship carying 120 people catches fire off Philippines

    Ship carying 120 people catches fire off Philippines

    Manila: A ship carrying 120 people caught fire off the Philippine island of Bohol on Sunday and a coast guard vessel was deployed to rescue those onboard and try to extinguish the flames, coast guard officials said as quoted by media reports.

    Photos and video released by the Philippine Coast Guard showed flames and black smoke billowing from two decks at one end of the ship as coast guard personnel onboard another vessel used a water cannon to try to douse the fire, CNN reported.

    The coast guard told CNN that all 120 passengers and crew were removed safely from the ship. It said the fire had been extinguished and no injuries were suffered.

    The ship was travelling between the Philippine islands of Siquijor and Bohol when the fire broke out, according to the coast guard.

  • Imran Khan, sister summoned in land corruption scandal

    Imran Khan, sister summoned in land corruption scandal

    Lahore: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) of Pakistan’s Punjab has summoned the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, his sister Uzma Khan and her husband Ahad Majeed in the Layyah land corruption case, media reported.

    According to a notification issued by the spokesperson, the PTI chief has been asked to appear before the ACE headquarters on June 19 whereas Uzma and her husband have been asked to present themselves before the ACE Director General.

    Earlier, Imran was summoned by the ACE on June 16 but he did not appear before it. The summon was affixed at Imran’s Lahore Zaman Park residence.

    The spokesperson maintained that the ACE had “clear evidence” of Imran’s involvement in the Layyah corruption scandal, adding that pressure was exerted on revenue officials from Bani Gala �- Imran’s residence in Islamabad — for illegal transfer of land, Express Tribune reported.

    Uzma is accused of alleged fraud in purchase of 5,261-kanal of land in Layyah district, reportedly worth billions of rupees, for a mere Rs 130 million. The ACE said that an FIR had been registered against the couple.

    According to the spokesperson, the land was bought in 2021-22 through fraud, adding that Uzma and Majeed made a fake transfer of the land on their names.

    He said the marker value of the land was about Rs six billion. The purchase, he added, was made when the ADB announced aid for the Greater Thal Canal project, which aimed at irrigating the barren lands through Thal canal.

    The spokesperson said Uzma had prior knowledge of the project, so the couple forced the landowner to sell it to them. He added that the land owners had filed complaints against Uzma and others to the police for forcibly buying the land, Express Tribune reported.

  • Delhi: Student stabbed to death outside Aryabhatta College

    Delhi: Student stabbed to death outside Aryabhatta College

    New Delhi: A 19-year-old first-year student of BA (Hons) Political Science from the School of Open Learning (SOL) at Delhi University has been allegedly stabbed to death by three individuals outside Aryabhatta College, an official said on Sunday.

    A police officer said they received a call from Charak Palika Hospital regarding the incident.

    The caller informed the police that a student with stab wounds on his chest had been brought to the hospital and was pronounced dead by the doctors.

    “A team was dispatched and it was learnt that Nikhil Chauhan, a resident of Paschim Vihar, had been admitted. He was brought from Arya Bhatta College,” said the police.

    Upon inquiry, the police further learned that Nikhil was a first-year student of BA (Hons) Political Science at the School of Open Learning (SOL).

    Around seven days ago, one of the SOL students in the college had misbehaved with Nikhil’s girlfriend.

    “Today, around 12.30 p.m., the same student who had misbehaved with Nikhil’s girlfriend, along with his three associates, met Nikhil outside the college gate and stabbed him in the chest,” said the official.

    The police have registered a case of murder in connection with this incident and are investigating the matter.

  • Odisha: Double murder in Paradip; Youth hacks two women

    Odisha: Double murder in Paradip; Youth hacks two women

    Paradip: In a shocking incident, a youth allegedly hacked two women to death with a sword in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district. The incident has come to the fore from the Expressway colony in Paradip of the district.

    The accused has been identified as Chintu Nath, a resident of Balrampur village.

    According to reliable sources, the youth allegedly hacked the two women under the influence of alcohol. However, the exact reason behind the attack is not clear. One among the two died on the spot, while the other was rushed to the nearby hospital. She succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment.

    After receiving information about the matter, police reached the spot, recovered the bodies, and sent it for autopsy. The cops also detained the youth.

    It is also alleged that the accused had been creating a nuisance in public for the past many days in the area.

    Further detailed reports related to the case are awaited.

  • Odisha boils as temperature touches 46 degrees, 7 places record temperature of 45 degreeC or above

    Odisha boils as temperature touches 46 degrees, 7 places record temperature of 45 degreeC or above

    Bhubaneswar: Odisha virtually turned into a cauldron today as the day temperature touched the 46 degree Celsius-mark, informed the regional centre of India Meteorological Department.

    A total of seven places of the State recorded temperature 45 degree Celsius or above with Sambalpur sizzling with the highest temperature of the day i.e 46 degrees.

    Apart from Sambalpur, the six other places where the temperature rose to or above 45 degrees Celsius are Sonepur (45.8), Hirakud (45.5), Boudh (45.5), Jharsuguda (45.2), Bolangir (45.0) and Sundergarh (45.0).

    Likewise, Bargarh boiled at 44.2 degrees. This was followed by Titilagarh and Rourkela where the maximum temperature rose to 43.5 degree Celsius.

    Similarly, Nayagarh witnessed a temperature of 43.4 degree Celsius while Deogarh, Talcher and Nuapada saw the temperature of 43 degree Celsius.

    The residents of the Twin City of Odisha- Bhubaneswar and Cuttack – has to witness temperature of 41.6 and 40.2 degree Celsius respectively.

    Gopalpur in Ganjam district was the coolest place of the day as it reported a temperature of 34.4 degree Celsius.

    Meanwhile, the IMD has predicted that the intense heat wave condition in Odisha will continue till June 21 and thereafter the State is likely to get some relief as the Monsoon is expected to hit the state by the said date.

    Here’s the list of the places with their respective temperatures recorded today:

  • Man stabbed son in anger, arrested

    Man stabbed son in anger, arrested

    New Delhi (IANS) | On Father’s Day, a 64-year-old man stabbed his 23-year-old son to death in East Delhi’s IP Extension area in a fit of rage. Police have arrested the accused. The police gave this information on Sunday. Police say that the accused stabbed the son with a knife when he was trying to pacify the quarrel.

    Accused Ashok Singh retired from the post of Senior Manager from Engineers India Limited. The son of the accused, Aditya, is a computer engineer and works in Gurugram. The injured Aditya has been admitted to the hospital for treatment.

    Ashok bought a flat in Gurugram and instructed his wife Manju to download an app on her cell phone to make the payments.

    The app was taking time to download, the official said. This enraged Ashoka, and a quarrel broke out between the husband and wife. His son Aditya tried to pacify him. That’s why Ashok got angry and stabbed his son.

    Ashok stabbed son Aditya twice with a knife. He was taken to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital for treatment. He was later discharged after treatment.

    The police have registered an FIR in this regard under section 324 of the IPC.

    –IANS

  • G20 education meets have helped in sharing best practices from across globe: Union Education Minister

    G20 education meets have helped in sharing best practices from across globe: Union Education Minister

    PUNE: The G20 Education Working Group (EWG) meetings have helped in sharing some of the best practices from across the globe in the areas of tech-enabled learning, skilling and strengthening research, and promoting innovation, Union Education Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devi said on Saturday.

    The minister was addressing the inaugural session of a two-day national conference on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) here ahead of the precursor event for the fourth G20 Education Working Group meeting (EWG) meeting.

    “The EWG meetings have helped share some of the best practices from across the globe in the areas of tech-enabled learning, skilling and strengthening research, and promoting innovation. The present Working Group Meeting is an opportune moment to organise various events to create more awareness on India’s G20 presidency as well as renew our resolve towards universal attainment of FLN skills,” Devi said at the conference ‘Teaching-Learning Approaches and Pedagogy for FLN.

    Devi inaugurated the multimedia exhibition showcasing best practices in education, FLN, digital initiatives, research, and skill development.

    Over 100 exhibitors, including Google, UNICEF, NSDC, NCERT, National Book Trust, Indian Knowledge Systems Division (IKS), startup initiatives, and all State Governments took part in the exhibition. It will be open to local institutions, students, academicians, and researchers from June 17–22.

    The EdWG event, which is being hosted by the Ministry of Education, will be followed by the meeting of education ministers from G20 countries on June 22.

    Maharashtra’s Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil said “Multilingualism is the key that empowers us to navigate through the growing diversity of our world and the need to teach our young generation the skills to choose the right path in this multilingual world while recognizing their own diverse linguistic backgrounds, as talked about extensively in the National Education Policy, 2020.”

    “The conference will help identify and discuss the best practices states are adopting in creating an environment that facilitates foundational literacy and numeracy in young learners. The aim of the conference is to reflect on two important themes – teaching-learning approaches and pedagogy for FLN in multilingualism and capacity building and training of teachers in blended mode,” said School Education Secretary Sanjay Kumar.

    The first meeting of the G20 Education Working Group was held in Chennai in January followed by a second meeting in Amritsar in March and a third in Bhubaneswar in April.